If Mason Cox does not sign a contract before October 31 he'll be deported, and resume his American life a different man. The last three years of Cox's extraordinary story will become another traveller's document, for which he'll find no understanding audience in Texas beyond his family.

Robert Whittaker's immediate post-fight plan is pretty simple; take some time off from training, see his kids and hopefully see a Blues' State of Origin win - with his historic interim middleweight championship win on the weekend still sinking in.